atw: Re: Usage survey: the expression "consists of"
- From: LIVERANI Petra <Petra.LIVERANI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:49:23 +1100
Hi Martin,
It's interesting that "comprises" means "includes but is not limited to" in the
context of patents as I think in general use it means the same as "consists of".
Blog post on "comprise, compose and consist" if you're interested and you may
well have much better things to do on a Friday afternoon.
http://www.elizabethmolin.com/?page_id=13
Regards,
Petra
Petra Liverani
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Subject: atw: Re: Usage survey: the expression "consists of"
Hi Geoffrey
This issue comes up regularly in patent drafting. I realise patents are a
specialised context, but I thought you might be interested anyway. In that
context, "consisting of A and B" means only A and B and nothing else. On the
other hand, "comprising A and B" is used in patents to mean "including, but not
limited to, A and B".
Cheers, Martin
Martin Puchert
From: Geoffrey Marnell <geoffrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:geoffrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
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Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:17:17 +1100
To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Subject: atw: Usage survey: the expression "consists of"
Hi austechies
Can I get your feedback on how you interpret the expression "consists of" or
"consisted of". In the following example:
"Drug therapy consisted of 0.25 mg of digoxin per day and 40 mg of propranolol
twice a day."
do you read that as saying that the entire therapy included just digoxin and
propranolol and nothing else? Or do you read it as saying that the therapy
included digoxin and propranolol and possibly something else?
Don't worry about what might or might not be correct (whatever that means). The
issue is how you interpret "consisted of": as giving the full set of items or a
sub-set of items.
Cheers
Geoffrey Marnell
Principal Consultant
Abelard Consulting Pty Ltd
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